As the watchman rang the first baton and the curfew entered, thousands of lights were lit in Jiangzhou Prefecture and the streets were empty.
Taoist temple of the five internal organs.
"Taoist Jin An, Taoist Chen, it's me, open the door." Jin An opened the door, Fatty Li thanked him and went straight to the kitchen water tank to find some water, cursing that the weather was really hot, even a dog
You will be burned while walking on the road.
Jin An and the old Taoist priest looked at Fatty Li speechlessly. This man was so cruel that he even scolded himself.
Thanks to Fatty Li's status as a Criminal Inspector, he can still move around at night.
"Fat Li, Old Taoist, I have left some food for you. It is still heating in a pot on the stove. Go and serve it yourself. Old Taoist, I will continue to draw the talismans. Recently, there have been more and more pilgrims in the temple, and there are not enough Taoist talismans.
That's it." The old Taoist priest returned to the wing and continued to write and draw talismans vigorously.
"Okay, Taoist Chen, all the good things are not as good as home. Only if you can have a hot meal and hot dishes when you go home every day can you be satisfied with your life." Fatty Li was moved, and then went to look for something to eat.
Afterwards, Fatty Li squatted outside the kitchen and cooked the rice with dried plums, vegetables and pork with relish. In the summer, only the hot air blew, which did not relieve the heat at all. He was sweating profusely after eating.
But this still couldn't stop him from having a good appetite and wolfing down the food.
Choking in the middle of the process, Jin An handed over a bowl of water and asked curiously: "Fat Li, you have been going out early and coming back late recently to get involved in a case? Is it related to Shi Baocheng's case?"
Fatty Li drank a bowl of water like an ox, and then he had time to speak: There is indeed a case, but it has nothing to do with Shi Baocheng. It's because Fucheng has been a little uneasy recently... There have been a series of missing persons cases in Fucheng recently."
Jin An raised his eyebrows: "Are all the missing children?"
Fatty Li shook his head: "Priest Jin'an, have you thought of the Zhenhai Stone Case? It's not the children who have disappeared these days, but the daughters of wealthy businessmen and gentry. Every household has received a letter from Le Su who was kidnapped. On average, every day
One or two rich ladies were kidnapped..."
"Those wealthy businessmen and gentry are all well-known figures in Jiangzhou Prefecture. This matter has caused a lot of trouble in the government office, so even our brothers from the Criminal Investigation Department have participated in the investigation. In the past few days, I have always gone to bed early and returned home just to investigate this drummer case.
Family son.
"The first is to secretly find out how many people have been kidnapped, and how many people are hiding it for fear of being kidnapped. Now we have identified seven families with kidnapping rates, and each family received thousands of gold from the kidnappers. Fucheng Tai
It's big, but that's not all the statistics are."
The second is to secretly investigate the whole city. With so many people kidnapped, it is impossible to take them all out of the city. As long as the meat tickets are still in the city, people will be kept under guard. The food, clothing, housing and transportation of so many people is not a trivial matter, and they cannot be concealed... But the matter
The strange thing is here. The brothers have been checking for several days in a row, but they have no clue. So many people have been kidnapped, as if they have disappeared out of thin air, and not even a hair can be found."
Jin An had a strange look on his face: "Are all those kidnapped young ladies from rich families?"
Fatty Li nodded: "Maybe they think such a target is easy to attack and easy to control, so these kidnappers only pick rich girls to attack."
"But they are not all rich ladies... Today we received another missing person case. The person who reported the case was the waiter of a Yuelai Inn. He said that a clerk of his had been missing for two days. The clerk was a distant relative of his.
entrusted to him.
In the city, he had no relatives, no relatives, and no other place to go. He suddenly disappeared. The owner of the Yuelai Inn searched for two days but couldn't find him. He just reported the case to the Yamen this evening. This is also the case.
The only male in the disappearance case for several days has an ordinary identity, and the shopkeeper has not received a kidnapping and ransom letter. The Yamen has temporarily separated this disappearance case, and has not merged it with the cases of several wealthy businessmen."
Fatty Li must have been really hungry. He had been running around handling cases all day and didn't even have time to eat. In just a few words, he had already finished a large bowl of rice with dried plums, vegetables and pork.
Jin An thought for a moment and said, "Fat Li, please write me the addresses of the missing families."
"What's the secret of Taoist Priest Jin An?" Fatty Li's eyes lit up. He knew that Jin An was very capable and had repeatedly solved strange cases in Jiangzhou Prefecture. Maybe there would be a solution.
Jin An shook his head: "I don't have a clue yet. I want my soul to leave my body and see if I can help the Yamen."
After hearing this, Fatty Li sighed in his heart: "It seems that the Zhenhai Stone Case really affected Taoist Jin'an greatly. Even after so many days, the pitiful experience of those children still cannot be forgotten by Taoist Jin'an.
"Taoist Master Jin'an, can't you let go of the kidnapped children in the Zhenhai Stone Case?" Fatty Li ran to the old Taoist priest's wing to borrow a blank yellow talisman and a pen, and wrote down several addresses without waiting for Jin'an to explain.
After Jin An read the addresses on the talisman paper one by one, he asked Fatty Li to write down the address of Yuelai Inn. Fatty Li thought to himself that Taoist Jin An was very thoughtful and considerate, so he lowered his head and wrote the address of Yuelai Inn.
"Then I, Mr. Li, will not disturb Taoist Master Jin'an while your soul is out of body." Fatty Li wanted to leave.
Unexpectedly, Jin An said: "It's okay, I'm already on my way to the mansion of one of the wealthy businessmen, Zhang Zaogui."
Ah this?
Fatty Li showed a surprised expression.
"After entering the third realm, you can separate your mind from the soul. If you have enough soul, you can even travel all over the world at the same time and experience spring, summer, autumn and winter in one day." Jin An explained with a smile.
"Isn't this just like the fight between left and right in the world of martial arts, multitasking?" Fatty Li envied.
At this time, the voice of the old Taoist priest came from the old Taoist priest's wing: "Fat Li, you have to think of little brother's ability so simply because you are not familiar with little brother. Little brother said that he has left his body and is on his way to Zhang Mansion.
It's not necessarily just one soul that left the body. It's possible that he thought out ten or eight souls at the same time and rushed to several houses at the same time."
The old Taoist priest drew the yellow talisman in his hand without raising his head.
Fatty Li was amazed when he heard this, and Xian Mu said that it was no wonder that the third realm was always praised as a terrestrial god. It was no exaggeration to say that Taoist Master Jin'an was a terrestrial god with his magical method.
He also envied that if there was a third-level strong man in charge of their Criminal Investigation Department, or if he himself was a third-level strong person, there would be no major unsolved cases in the world that their Criminal Investigation Department could not solve.
It is a pity that the Criminal Investigation Department is the weakest among the three major law enforcement agencies in Yu Dingguo. The benefits are not available, but no one can escape the dirty work.
Just when Fatty Li was boasting about Jin An, Jin An suddenly frowned.
"Fat Li, have any Taoist priests stayed at Yuelai Inn recently?" Jin An suddenly asked something that made people confused.
Fatty Li shook his head blankly and said that the matter was unclear at the moment. The innkeeper only went to the Yamen to report a missing person case and did not mention the information about the inn tenants. Maybe the innkeeper mentioned this matter, but I didn't mention it at the time.
I was present and did not learn any more details. If Taoist Master Jin'an needs this information, I will go to the Yamen case files immediately tomorrow morning or go to the Yuelai Inn to investigate in person.
After finishing speaking, Fatty Li asked in a low voice what happened. Why did Taoist Priest Jin'an suddenly find out about the Taoist tenant of Yuelai Inn?
Jin An did not hide anything: "My spiritual sense detected the spiritual residue after the Taoist talisman was cast at the Yuelai Inn. The spiritual energy has dissipated very weakly. It may have been two days ago."
Jin An still didn't say a word. If he hadn't entered the third realm, and his spiritual consciousness had been greatly improved, he wouldn't have noticed this subtle abnormality in the world.
Jin An just said yes and said yes again?
Fatty Li asked nervously what else he had discovered?
Jin An's eyes flashed, as if he was thinking deeply, and then he told Fatty Li not to sleep yet, and immediately went to check on Yuelai Inn. If a Taoist priest really stayed there, ask the innkeeper where the Taoist priest had gone.
Although Fatty Li was usually a bit unconventional, as soon as he heard something related to the case, he immediately ran out of Wu Zang Taoist Temple without saying a word.
Fatty Li first ran to the government office to investigate the case file, then called the head catcher who was on duty tonight and several government officials, ran all the way to Yuelai Inn, and knocked on the door of the inn.
When the innkeeper opened the door, he saw so many government officials blocking the door. He was frightened by the candle in his hand, and a few drops of hot candle oil dripped onto the back of his hand. The pain made him gasp, and he immediately woke up.
"How many officials have found my distant relative?" the innkeeper asked impatiently.
"No one has been found yet."
Fatty Li didn't wait for the innkeeper to show his disappointed look, and said straight to the point: "I want to ask you, the innkeeper, your inn
Have you stayed at Taoist House recently?"
The innkeeper looked confused. After repeated questioning, he was afraid that the last time a Taoist priest stayed at the hotel was several years ago.
Fatty Li frowned, thinking that Taoist Jin An had made a mistake? But at this moment, he was so blessed that he blurted out: "Have you had any suspicious or strange people staying in your inn recently, such as in one of the private courtyards?"
What's with all the donkey dung piles?"
As soon as Fatty Li finished speaking, his eyes showed a look of shock. He understood that Jin An's soul was always following him to protect his safety. He immediately raised his head and raised his chest, feeling more confident.
Is this the steadiness of having a third-level master on your back?
Fatty Li was so excited that his eyes gleamed!
After Fatty Li asked this question, the innkeeper immediately led the way: "There have been strange tenants checking in in recent days, but it's not just one person, but several people!"
The innkeeper led the way and talked about the strange things that happened these days.
"But you are a little late. The camel drivers just checked out today and left with a bunch of donkeys. There are so many donkeys eating and drinking in the yard, and the store clerk has not shoveled them all all afternoon. For this reason, I am here
They also charged extra for cleaning before check-out."
The group of people arrived at the Independent Courtyard. Indeed, as the innkeeper said, the place was deserted. In the empty courtyard, there were only a few piles of donkey dung that were particularly eye-catching.
Fatty Li: "Did they say where they were going when they checked out?"
The innkeeper didn't know anything about it.
Fatty Li asked the innkeeper if he still remembered the faces of those people and could he draw a few of them?
After getting the portrait, Fatty Li turned to look at the government official with a solemn expression: "With so many people and so many donkeys, if they really leave the city, there will be a lot of noise, and it is impossible to hide their whereabouts."
"Captain, take these portraits with you and ask the brothers to make a hard trip to the city gates and docks closest to here. Ask the soldiers at the city gates and the brothers patrolling the docks if they have seen a group of donkeys during the day.
To be continued...